Serbia leads the list of 134 countries in the world with the highest growth in the happiness index from 2010 to 2024, and our country is also the first in the list of Eastern European countries whose average happiness index has increased by more than 20% in the last ten years.
In the same period of time, the Serbian economy doubled to the amount of 80 billion dollars, as well as the GDP per inhabitant which is 9,538 dollars, according to the “World Happiness Report”.
Twenty countries, led by Serbia, have increased their happiness index by one or more points since 2010, on a scale from 0 to 10.
The first happiness index report was published in 2012, based on data from Gallup polls from 2006 to 2010. Respondents in each country were asked to rate their lives on a scale of 0 to 10. Based on this, they derived an individual “happiness index” to compare how happy the countries were.
Since the first report, Western Europe has been happier on average than Eastern Europe. But, as seen with this increase in happiness, the level of feeling of happiness among Europeans in Eastern Europe has approached the Western countries. In fact, when you look at those under 30, the latest happiness indices are almost the same across the continent, visualcapitalist.com reports.
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